Edge Solutions | Stone Ridge Payments, identified as a US-based financial services organization, experienced a data breach in July 2026. The Akira ransomware group claimed responsibility for the attack on July 7, 2026, and indicated they would upload 67 GB of corporate data. The company has not yet issued an official statement or breach notification.
The threat actor claims suggest that employee personal information, including passports, driver's license scans, Social Security Numbers (SSNs), and W9 forms, along with financial documents, contracts, confidential documents, and NDAs, may have been compromised. While the threat actor mentioned 400 passports and driver's license scans, an official count of affected individuals has not been released by the company. The extent of states affected by this incident remains unclear, as no official list has been published. Medical or healthcare data compromise has not been explicitly confirmed. It is also unconfirmed if this was a vendor breach impacting other clients.
Since this breach is extremely recent, more details may emerge as the company responds. Official notifications to consumers and regulators are pending.